Adobe Joins Linux Foundation, Develops AIR For Linux

2muchcoffeeman writes "Adobe announced Monday that it is joining the Linux Foundation and alpha-released a Linux version of its new Adobe Internet Runtime environment, which allows Internet-enabled applications to run on Windows and Mac OS desktops, for Linux. According to Adobe, the alpha version lacks some key features that will be available in the final product and only runs with Sun Java, not GNU Java. Adobe also released an alpha of Flex Builder for Linux Monday."

Adobe quoted as saying...

[AioKits]

... "You think that's AIR you're breathing?"

Flash! Ajax! Buzzword Central!

[BadAnalogyGuy]

I once saw an elephant mother grieving over her dead calf. The calf had died due to thirst on the savannah and though the herd moved on to newer pastures, the mother elephant stayed with the dead calf until the mother too died of thirst, and I suppose sadness.

It was a terrible thing to watch. The emotional stress that the mother elephant went through was so tangible and human-like that I was really moved.

Kinda like I am with Adobe fans.

Re:Adobe quoted as saying...

[Anonymous Coward]

..."I'm gonna need guns. Lots of guns."

Re:How is AIR different from, say java?

[syntap]

While it's damn near impossible to create a UI in Java that doesn't look like a PoS (yeah, gross generalisation, but that's my experience), AIR makes it very easy.

AIR is RAD for very easily making PoS interfaces? Or am I reading that wrong?

Re:Flash! Ajax! Buzzword Central!

[Medievalist]

There are Adobe fans?

Sure, but they turn into mud if they get wet.